Point of View means that the story is told through the eyes and mouth of a certain person; the story can change considerably, depending on who is telling it.
First Person Narrator: Story is told from the inside; narrator is a participant in the action
Narrator is often the protagonist or minor character; we see only what he/she sees, in the way that he/she sees it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Advantage: first person narrator has intimacy and a sense of life. Disadvantage: the author may be frustrated because only things that the narrator would be expected to know can be included; also, the reader is locked within the mind of the narrator.
Third person narrator: Usually has a nameless narrator who can be identified with the author.
Omniscient narrator: godlike narrator; he/she can enter character's minds and know everything that is going on, past, present, and future.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Advantage: very natural technique; author is, after all, omniscient regarding his work.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Disadvantage: not lifelike; narrator knows and tells all; is truly a convention of literature.
Combination of narrative techniquesis possible in a novel.
The tense of the narration is important; action narrated in the present can be more dramatic than past tense narration.
Point of View
The Perspectives - 1st and 3rd
Point of View means that the story is told through the eyes and mouth of a certain person; the story can change considerably, depending on who is telling it.
First Person Narrator:
Story is told from the inside; narrator is a participant in the action
Narrator is often the protagonist or minor character; we see only what he/she sees, in the way that he/she sees it.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Advantage: first person narrator has intimacy
and a sense of life.
Disadvantage: the author may be frustrated because only things that the narrator
would be expected to know can be included;
also, the reader is locked
within the mind of the narrator.
Third person narrator:
Usually has a nameless narrator who can be identified with the author.
Omniscient narrator: godlike narrator; he/she can enter character's minds and know everything that is going on, past, present, and future.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Advantage: very natural technique; author is, after all, omniscient regarding his work.
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Disadvantage: not lifelike; narrator knows and tells all; is truly a convention of literature.
Combination of narrative techniquesis possible in a novel.
The tense of the narration is important; action narrated in the present can be more dramatic than past tense narration.
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